Police discover swastikas spray painted on Mokena village signs

Swastikas spray painted on four traffic signs and one business sign in downtown Mokena were discovered by police Oct. 22, according to officials.

Police believe the vandalism involved one or more suspects and the incident remains under investigation, officials said.

In a village-issued news release, Mayor Frank Fleischer said he did not want to give "undue attention" to such acts, but stated in a recent village board meeting that he and other village officials do not "condone or accept this type of behavior."

During that meeting, the mayor also thanked Public Works Director Lou Tiberi for his crew's quick response in removing and replacing the damaged traffic signs.

The private business sign was additionally tagged with a satanic numeric reference, according to the village.

"I've never felt it appropriate to attribute undue attention to cowardly acts such as this that are generally performed for that very reason — to give the promulgator of the act his or her two seconds of fame," Fleischer said in his release.